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All sold now.

Due to a change in circumstances I have for sale 5 quiet and productive colonies. Each colony contains a late 2022 marked and clipped queen and 6-11 frames of brood (first inspection this year). Each hive is doubled brood (national) complete with 2 supers with frames. Also included in the sale...

are you still looking for over wintered nucs? All our bees have come through winter quite strong so happy to sell an overwintered nuc - I will send a PM

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no, sorry. We only have standard National brood frames

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5 Frame nucs for sale on National Frames available from Burton on Trent (DE15). Should be ready in June dependent on weather. Nuc to include new marked 2015 Queen with proven worker brood, brood on 2-3 frames, and 5 frames of bees with ample stores. The Queen will be from our own quiet...

Your bees sound like they're in a good situation (better to have far too much stores than not quite enough). As for stores being too crystallized - I find a light spray of water over the frame encorages the bees to clear the cells. Obviously this can only be done when it's a bit warmer.

Pure turpentine (for beeswax polish) is quite hard / expensive to get hold of. Anyone know of any online or local (midlands) suppliers ? I'm only after a litre or 2

We have a strong colony which has a drawn super above QX placed on last week. This week comb has ben drawn down from the super to the QE, and there are eggs and larva extending above the QE by approx 1". No queen cells or any other activity to suggest anything other than the incumbent Q...

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I tried poly nucs this year and needed to use one for a small swarm. I tried the QX slots on the disk and they struggled like mad to get through, most giving up. I put a frame of brood in to keep them in and opened up the entrance. So yes, I think (some of) the QX's are too small.

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Similar experience - all my colonies were very quiet and well behaved, until the last one. It was a little smaller than the rest going into winter and a little lighter on stores than I would have liked, but all OK in Jan when OA'd. Yesterday, though, quite a bit more agitated than others -...